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With and RRP of 199, PS3 is primed for the mass market boom seen by its predecessors.And the better price will help Sony beef up its UK market share, according to SCEE head Jim Ryan. Speaking to MCV at Gamescom last week, the new SCEE president and CEO told us …
Read More »Tropico 4 gets Australian / New Zealand release date
Fans of El Presidente and his immense power will be able to play Tropico 4 from 8th September in Australia and New Zealand. Tropico 4 sees players take on the role of a Central American dictator charged with running an island along the same vein as Sim City, but with …
Read More »Jeff Brand PART 1: ‘Ditch the classification scheme’ in Australia
Dr Jeff Brand has been an advocate of gamers being treated like adults since the 1990s. He spoke at Freeplay 2011 about the politics of achieving it in Australia. JB: The adjective ‘political’ really means to form a party around some issue and barrack for it. In fact, by meeting …
Read More »Firemint releases SPY Mouse for iPhone, builds on Flight Control
SPY Mouse has released onto the app store today, a new line-drawing game from Firemint Studios, the creators of Flight Control. Playing as a mouse who fancies himself a secret agent, players must take on fantastical feline creatures with an assortment of power-ups and gadgets in 72 levels. Rob Murray, …
Read More »Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO
Steve Jobs has resigned from his role as CEO of Apple. Jobs had already taken a step back from the company earlier this year, with reports citing health reasons, with COO Tim Cook taking an acting CEO role. Jobs had previously suffered from pancreatic cancer. Tim Cook will now officially …
Read More »Ingham quits CVG for Music Week
CVG editor Tim Ingham is leaving games journalism – to run leading business magazine Music Week. GMA-winner Ingham leaves his position as editor of ComputerandVideoGames.com (CVG) and will take over at Music Week on October 3rd. Music Week is published by MCV publisher Intent Media, which acquired the title from …
Read More »GAME Australia drops price on Batman: Arkham City
GAME Australia has announced an online-only pre-order special on Batman: Arkham City for AUD$88 on PS3 and 360, or AUD$78 on PC. The move leaves GAME as the cheapest of the big three, with JB HiFi at AUD$94 and EB Games at AUD$98. GAME is sporting the Batman Beyond in-game …
Read More »Rugby Challenge gets release date right next to Rugby World Cup
Tru Blu Entertainment has given Rugby Challenge a release date of 2nd September today, pitting it head-to-head with Rugby World Cup 2011. Tru Blu spoke to MCV about their expectations for the title, which is known internationally as Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge, in Australia as Wallabies Rugby Challenge and in …
Read More »House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut too violent for Australia
SEGA Australia has confirmed that House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cuthas been refused classification in Australia. The PS3 game was set to launch on 27th October for the Playstation Move, and featured all seven scenarios from the original House of the Dead: Overkill game as well as two …
Read More »MEDIA SPECIAL: Journalist Survey
What do our industry’s leading journalists think is the best and worst parts of their job? What’s the best ‘jolly’they’ve been on? And how do they cope with pressures from publishers? To kick-start our bi-annual media special, MCV surveyed over 50 games media stars with anonymity promised to them in …
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